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Note Narendra
Modi taken for a ride on Biometric UID & Sinha on NPR, Cash Transfer: Is it
collusion or gullibility? It was reported
on October 6, 20111 that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wrote to the
Prime Minister questioning the need for National Population Register (NPR) by Registrar
General of India & Census Commissioner, Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Gujarat
stopped collection of biometric data for creation of the NPR. In his letter to the Prime Minister,
Modi raised objections over both the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI),
which is creating Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar Number and Registrar
General of India, which is creating the NPR, collecting biometric data. In his letter to Manmohan Singh, Modi wrote, “there is no
mention of capturing biometrics in the Citizenship Act or Citizenship Rules
2009”. He added, “In the absence of any
provision in the Citizenship Act, 1955, or rules for capturing biometrics, it
is difficult to appreciate…

Press ReleaseUID and NPR violate security, privacy and subverts constitution, say Justice Puttaswamy & Justice M. Rama Jois, Supreme Court issues
notice States must withdraw from the MoU signed with questionable UIDAI Central Govt’s orders akin to ordinance used to bye-pass the
legislative power, Justice PuttaswamyQuestionable nature of UID-NPR initiatives merit probe by media
New Delhi December 1, 2012: The
Writ Petition (Civil) of Justice K S Puttaswamy, former judge of the Karnataka
High Court that was heard on November 30, 2012 before Hon’ble Supreme Court’s
bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justice J. Chelameswar echoed some of
the concerns raised by seventeen eminent citizens like Justice V R Krishna,
Justice A P Shah, Prof. Upendra Baxi and the findings of the Parliamentary
Standing on Finance in the matter of the implementation of world biggest ever
biometric data based identification exercise. The bench issued an order in the case
of Justice Puttaswamy (retd) VERS…

Press
Release Implementation
of UID-Aadhaar related schemes in contempt of Constitution, Parliament and citizens’
rights Mankind’s
Biggest Biometric Database Aadhaar linked to Voter ID, National Population
Register (NPR), IT Act, Land Titling Bill, Parliament, citizens and media taken for a ride Aadhaar
is about branding Indians like prisoners & Roman slaves with a 12 digit
numberContracts
given by UIDAIto foreign surveillance and
identification Morpho, Safran led consortium & Mahindra Satyam remains a secret
UIDAI
awarded by World Identification Congress sponsored by Morpho, French MNC New
Delhi, 28/11/2012: A monograph was released that revealed the truth about Unique Identification (UID) Number ,
masquerading under the brand name, “Aadhaar” and the deceit in promoting
UID as a fake pro-poor initiative in the backdrop of
the Prime Minister promoting UID based cash transfer ahead of the 2014 elections
and the assembly elections. The Monograph was released by Dr Usha Ramanatha…